Eastercon was fabulous, and I may yet do a writeup post, but for now, I have many recs to extract from my scribbled notes. (NB I have not yet read any of these; things I had already read I didn’t generally write down.)
LGBT to QUILTBAG panel:
- “Not Your Sidekick” — C. B. Lee
- “A Rational Arrangement” — L. Rowyn
- “Hunger Makes the Wolf” — Alex Wells (cyberpunk)
- The Raven Cycle — Maggie Stiefvater (YA, queer relationships)
- “The House of Shattered Wings” — Aliette de Bodard
- General recs: Uncanny Magazine, Tor.com, Lethe Press
Women of Star Wars panel:
- “The Things I Would Tell You” — Muslim women anthology
Hamilton lecture:
- Ham4Ham with The Ladies (1/3/2016) on YouTube (this is awesome!)
- If/Then — bisexual musical
- In Da Homey — 1903 musical
Romance, Mystery, and Fantasy panel
(plus some recs from the bar afterwards. Some of these are non-SFF romance.)
- Obsidian and Blood series — think this may have meant “Ivory and Bone” and “Obsidian and Stars” — Julie Eshbough
- “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” — Laini Taylor
- “Behind Her Eyes” — Sarah Pinborough
- “Hold Me” — Courtney Milan
- “Hold” — Rachel Davidson Lee
- Cosy witch mysteries!
- Heather Rose Jones (published by Bella Books)
- “Don’t Feed The Trolls” — Erica Kudisch
- “Rollergirl” — Vanessa North
- “The Art Of Three” — Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae
- “Storm Season” — Pene Henson
- “The Ultra-Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World” — A. C. Wise
- “Hurricane Heels” — Isabel Yap
- Neville/Hermione/Luna fic generally (must check AO3 tag 🙂 )
Fandom and Theatre panel
- Team Starkid — on YouTube
- Smash — TV show about backstage
- Slings and Arrows — TV show about actors
Misc other recs
- “At The End Of The Day” — Claire North
- “The End of Days” — Jenny Erpenbeck
- “Cities in Flight” — James Blish
- “Meg and Linus” — Hanna Nowinski
- “Every Heart A Doorway” — Seanan McGuire
So, uh, that should keep me going.